... will we see college football's first players union?

The question isn't "could it happen?" The question is "why haven't we seen it yet?" Why haven't we seen an aggressive agent/lawyer organize big-time college football players to claim what is rightfully theirs?

Most people think college football programs are profitable endeavors. We constantly hear the phrase, "football funds the entire athletic program." Nothing could be further from the truth!

In the heralded 2002 NY Times article, "Football is a Sucker's Game," Michael Sokolove claimed only a treasured few of the country's college football programs make money. His list of expenses that these programs had to deal with was mind boggling.

Without fundin...

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